This brand name is authorized in Nigeria
The drug LYCOFER contains a combination of these active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs):
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Sodium feredetate
UNII 403J23EMFA - SODIUM FEREDETATE
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Sodium feredetate is used for iron deficiency anaemia. After absorption, elemental iron is available for haemoglobin regeneration and reversal of anaemia associated with iron-deficient states. |
2
Folic acid
UNII 935E97BOY8 - FOLIC ACID
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Folic acid is a member of the vitamin B group which is reduced in the body to tetrahydrofolate, a co-enzyme active in several metabolic processes and produces a haemopoietic response in nutritional megaloblastic anaemias. Folic acid is rapidly absorbed and widely distributed in body tissues. |
3
Vitamin B12
UNII P6YC3EG204 - CYANOCOBALAMIN
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Hydroxocobalamin is used in the treatment and prevention of Vitamin B12 deficiency. For adults, the daily requirement of Vitamin B12 is probably about 1 to 2 micrograms and this amount is present in most normal diets. However, Vitamin B12 only occurs in animal products, not in vegetables, and therefore strict vegetarian or vegan diets that exclude dairy products may provide an inadequate amount, although a deficiency may not be apparent for many years. |
4
Zinc
UNII J41CSQ7QDS - ZINC
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Zinc blocks the intestinal absorption of copper from the diet and the reabsorption of endogenously secreted copper. Zinc induces the production of metallothionein in the enterocyte, a protein that binds copper thereby preventing its transfer into the blood. The bound copper is then eliminated in the stool following desquamation of the intestinal cells. |
This drug has been classified in the anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) classification system as follows:
ATC code | Group title | Classification |
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B03AE01 | Iron, vitamin B12 and folic acid | B Blood and blood forming organs → B03 Antianemic preparations → B03A Iron preparations → B03AE Iron in other combinations |
This drug has been assigned below unique identifiers within the countries it is being marketed:
Country | Identification scheme | Identifier(s) |
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Country: NG | Registered Drug Product Database | Identifier(s): A4-5049, A4-5064 |
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